Wound Care | Rehab RN | Skilled Nursing - Long Island

Wound Care/Rehab RN

Required Experience:

• Direct wound care experience and responsibilities within an SNF, rehabilitation setting
• Current skilled nursing, nursing home, long-term care, subacute rehabilitation or post-acute care experience
• Experience and knowledge completing skin assessments and wound rounds
• Knowledge of pressure injury staging, prevention, treatment and documentation
• Management of treatment plans
• Monitoring wound-healing progress
• Must be familiar and comfortable with NYSDOH survey readiness and regulatory requirements
• Valid NY State RN license
• WCC, WOCN, CWCN or related would care certification
• Ostomy care
• Infection prevention
• Surgical, diabetic, arterial, venous and pressure wound experience
• Lont-term care EMR -- PointClickCare, SigmaCare, MatrixCare
• Wound VAC management
• The Wound and Ostomy RN establishes satisfactory interpersonal relationships with co-workers and colleagues, patients, families and significant others.
• Initiates communication with patients and family to determine individual needs of patients, families and significant others.
• Initiates communication with co-workers and colleagues in other disciplines and departments to share and exchange ideas and information about related activities and needs.
• Provides detailed patient education to patient and family members during inpatient stay and at the time of discharge following prescribed teaching plans.
• Responds effectively, both verbally and non-verbally, to communications from patients, families and significant others as well as subordinates, colleagues, department heads, supervisors, physicians, etc.
• The Wound and Ostomy registered nurse’s decisions and actions on behalf of patients are determined in an ethical manner.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to the values of self and others.
  Involves patient/family in plan of care incorporating their cultural, spiritual and other belief systems.

About RSC Healthcare

Launched in 2018, RSC Healthcare is an RSC Solutions company created to focus on recruiting and staffing across all positions in the healthcare industry. Our knowledgeable staff brings multiple decades of experience within the healthcare industry to assist clients in attaining the highest quality talent in the marketplace.

By leveraging RSC Healthcare’s extensive database and experienced recruiting team for candidate healthcare positions, our clients realize both substantial cost-savings and a streamlined, efficient process. We provide staffing for all levels and positions across your organization, including:

Registered Nurses
Physical/Occupational Therapists
Certified Nursing Assistants
Radiology Technicians
All skilled medical and allied health professionals

As a leader in the healthcare staffing industry, it is our goal is to connect patients with quality caregivers. Our experienced team and industry knowledge allow RSC Healthcare to deliver the qualified healthcare professionals our clients need.